Package of toilet paper



Nov'. 4,;1930. J. E. H. RANDERSON i PACKAGE OF TOILET PAPER Filed Oct.19, 1928 /NVENTOR Jab/7 5/7! Pa /7679x1500 fir ATTQRNE? Patented Nov. 4,1930 Joan E. H. RANDERSON, or ALBANY, NEW YORK PACKAGE OF TOILET PAPERThe usual practice in packaging toilet paper in rolls is to supply thepaper in a single, continuous web or strip which is perforated orweakened, at re ular-intervals, and wound upon a hollow .tu e.

' Where toilet paper is packaged, in separate pieces which are'interfol'ded for use in wall cabinets, double instead of single sheetsare interfolded in such a way that two sheets are pulled together fromthe cabinet, thus automatically providing the consumer with the doublethickness of paper usually desired.

after tearing them from the rollis entirely J eliminated.

' With this object in view my invention consists of a roll or packageof-the type described below and illustrated in'the accompanyingdrawings.

' Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the usual hollow tube uponwhich the paper, 2, is rolled. Instead of rolling a single strip rso orweb of paper upon the tube, 1, .I propose to roll two or more webs orstrips together thereon. In the drawing I haveillustrated only twoseparate strips, such as 3 and 4, but it i's to be understood that whilethis is the preferred form, my invention, in its broadest aspects,contemplates the rolling of any'number of strips or webs together.

Each trip is provided with transverse line of weakness, preferablyperforations, which arespaced at regular intervals asshown at 5, on "thetop sheet, and at 6, on lowersheet. These "lines of weakness aredesigned to come substantially Logether as shown in the drawing, so thatinstead of a single sheet being torn. from the roll two sheets aregrasped at once and torn together.

It is to be understood, of course, that the weakened portion, 5, in theupper web of paper need not be precisely over the weakened portion, 6,in the'lower web, but, on the other Application filed October 19,192 8.Serial No. 313,539.

hand, these perforations should be reason ably close together so thatthe sheets, such as. 7 and 8, when torn together from the roll, will besubstantially coextensive.

What I claim isp A toilet paper package comprising a plurality oflengths of paper wound together to form'a roll, each length beingrovided with spaced, transverse lines of wea ness, and the lines ofweakness in the outerlayr of paper coinciding substantially with the.lines of. weakness in the under layer of paper whereby a plurality ofsubstantially coextensive sheets. may be torn from the roll in oneoperation. I 4

JOHN E. H. RANDERSON.

